Nellie Barrett

Nellie Barrett 

Born: 21 April 1896, Blackburn

Father: William Barrett (b. 1862)

Mother: Ellen Barrett (b. 1859)

Brothers: Fred Barrett (b. 1885)

Sisters: Polly Barrett (b. 1883), Amy/Annie Barrett (b. 1887), Lily Barrett (b. 1890)

Marriage:        26 March 1921, Lancashire 

Husband:         Samuel Whitehead 

                        b. 25 August 1892

                        Power Loom Overlooker

Issue –             

#1 William Cooper Whitehead (b. 22 December 1925)

In 1901 – 

She is at 62 Moss Lane, Pendlebury. Her father is listed as ‘Coal Miner’. Her sister, Polly, is listed as ‘Bleach Works’. Her brother, Fred, is listed as ‘Little Piercer Spinning Mill’. Her sister, Amy, is listed as ‘Reeler Cotton Mill’. Nellie, her mother, and her sister, Lily, are unlisted.

In 1911 –

She is at 126 Moss Lane, Pendlebury. Her father is listed as ‘Coal Miner Hewer’. Nellie and her mother are unlisted. Her sister, Annie, is listed as ‘Yarn Sorter’. Her sister, Lily, is listed as ‘Cotton Weaver’. 

In 10/14 –

PT at Grecian St. Council, Salford.

Victoria Matric . II 1913.

In 10/16 – 

Appointed to St. Clements, C. E. Lower Broughton, Salford.

In 1921 – 

She is at 5 Ripon Street, Blackburn. Her father-in-law, Richard Whitehead (b. 1862), and husband are listed as ‘Cotton Overlooker’. Her step-mother-in-law, Marg Whitehead (b. 1882), is unlisted. Her brother-in-law, Harold Whitehead (b. 1897) is listed as ‘Platelayer Railway’. Her brother-in-law, Clifford Whitehead (b. 1900), is listed as ‘Provision Carter’. Nellie is listed as ‘Teacher’. 

In 1939 –

She is at 908 Whalley New Road, Blackburn. Her father is listed as ‘Power Loom Overlooker’. Nellie is listed as ‘Dressmaker’. Her son, William, is unlisted. Her mother is listed as incapacitated widow. 

d.         30 March 1958, Blackburn 

WHITEHEAD, Nellie of 908 Whalley New Road, Blackburn (wife of Samuel Whitehead) died 30 March 1958 at Queens Park Hospital, Blackburn. Administration Lancaster 4 July to the said Samuel Whitehead, progress worker. Effects £2351, 15s, 3d.